Kids First

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It may qtake a village to raise a child, q but most American families are struggling, with diminishing social support, to do the job on their own. While parents work longer hours for less and the costs of childcare, healthcare, and college skyrocket, the share of the U.S. budget spent on kids has fallen 22 percent since 1960. More and more children may well not make it to a healthy, productive adulthood. That's terrible for them--and for us as well. It doesn't have to be this way. In this book, renowned expert David L. Kirp clarifies the importance of investing wisely in children. He outlines a visionary qKids Firstq policy agenda that's guided by a qgolden ruleq principle: Every child deserves what's good enough for a child you love. And he offers lively and inspiring, on-the-ground accounts of five big cradle-to-college initiatives that can change the arc of all children's lives: strong support for parents; high-quality early education; linking schools and communities to improve what both offer children; giving all youngsters access to a caring and stable adult mentor; and providing kids a nest egg to help pay for college or kick-start a career.5 (2002): 244a251. ... 39 Anthony Bryk, Penney Bender Sebring, Elaine
Allensworth, Stuart Luppeseu, and John Easton, Organizing Schools for ... Left
Behind: Student Learning in Chicagoa#39;s Schools, a June 2009, www.civiccommittee
.org/Still%20Left%20Behind%20v2.pdf. ... to the idea of community schools by
Joy Dryfoos in FullService Schools: A Revolution in Health and Social Services
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Kids First

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David Kirp

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Hachette UK - 2011-03-01

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